Johanna Kaakinen
PhD (Psychology)
Fostering Finnish Science Capital (FINSCI) johkaa@utu.fi +358 29 450 3035 +358 50 576 9565 Assistentinkatu 7 Turku |
Cognitive psychology; Reading comprehension; Eye movements
I am leading the Fostering Finnish Science Capital consortium www.finsci.fi. I'm a thematic area (Skills and learning) leader in the INVEST Research flagship and research center invest.utu.fi.
I received my PhD from the University of Turku, Finland, in 2004. I am currently leading Fostering Finnish Science Capital (FINSCI) research consortium (www.finsci.fi) and coordinating Turku EyeLabs (https://www.utu.fi/en/university/eye-tracking). I am also editor-in-chief of journal Discourse Processes, together with Catherine Bohn-Gettler.
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- Impact of awe on topic interest and recognition memory for information in planetarium films (2025)
- Cognition and Emotion
- Science capital: Results from a Finnish population survey (2025)
- Public Understanding of Science
- COVID-19 and influenza vaccine-hesitancy subgroups (2024)
- PLoS ONE
- Evidence-based scientific thinking and decision-making in everyday life (2024)
- Cognitive research
- Comprehending irony in text: evidence from scanpaths (2023)
- Discourse Processes
- Discourse Processes Adopts the Transparency and Openness Promotion Guidelines (2023)
- Discourse Processes
- Fluctuation in cognitive engagement during listening and reading of erotica and horror stories (2023)
- Cognition and Emotion
- Oppimiserojen kasvu pitää pysäyttää (2023) Erola Jani, Kilpi-Jakonen Elina, Lehti Hannu, Kaakinen Johanna
- Reading Easy Language texts written by public authorities. Evidence from eye tracking (2023)
- Finnish journal of linguistics
- Tailoring interventions to suit self-reported format preference does not decrease vaccine hesitancy (2023)
- PLoS ONE
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